OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Revisiting groundwater law through the lenses of earth system law and rights of nature	177
The lead and copper rule: Limitations and lessons learned from Newark, New Jersey	113
Multispecies assemblages and multiple stressors: Synthesizing the state of experimental research in freshwaters	91
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Waters From the Third Pole	76
A new flow path: eDNA connecting hydrology and biology	75
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Reanimating the strangled rivers of Aotearoa New Zealand	60
Identifying anthropogenic legacy in freshwater ecosystems	56
Hydrological modeling of the Silala River basin. 1. Model development and long‐term groundwater recharge assessment	52
The effects of drought on biodiversity in UK river ecosystems: Drying rivers in a wet country	47
The geological evolution of the Silala River basin, Central Andes	47
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Interdisciplinary Approaches Improve Understanding of Cryptogenic Species: A Historical Case Study of Crayfish in Montana, USA	45
Scientific evidence of the hydrological impacts of nature‐based solutions at the catchment scale	43
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Water‐IQ matters as water conflicts mount	39
Mitigating floods and attenuating surface runoff with temporary storage areas in headwaters	37
At the Confluence of River and City: Urbanization, Modernity, and the Political Ecology of Urban Rivers	37
Beaver Versus Human: The Big Differences in Small Dams	36
Enhancing river floodplain management with nature‐based solutions: Overcoming barriers and harnessing enablers	35
A call for an accurate presentation of glaciers as water resources	34
Advancing Multiple‐Use Water Services for Development in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries	34
A Review of Social and Organizational Barriers to Water Reuse in the United States	33

Water and Communal Conflict: A Review of the Literature	33
Resilient riverine social–ecological systems: A new paradigm to meet global conservation targets	32
Setting a pluralist agenda for water governance: Why power and scale matter	29
Geophysics as a hypothesis‐testing tool for critical zone hydrogeology	27
MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era	27
Macrophytes as passive bioindicators of trace element pollution in the aquatic environment	27
Water scarcity in the fast‐growing megacity of Lagos, Nigeria and opportunities for managed aquifer recharge	27
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Mapping the landscape of water and society research: Promising combinations of compatible and complementary disciplines	25
Theoretical Underpinnings of Snow Interception and Canopy Snow Ablation Parameterisations	25
The development of a hydrogeological conceptual model of groundwater and surface water flows in the Silala River Basin	25
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Feedbacks Between Climate and Freshwater Ecosystem Engineers	24
Hydropolitics intertwined with geopolitics in the Brahmaputra River Basin	24
Potential pollution risks of historic landfills in England: Further analysis of climate change impacts	24
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The Future of Water and Democracy: Assessing and Improving Water Governance in the United States	24
A review of atmospheric water vapor lidar calibration methods	23
An overview of the evolving jurisdictional scope of the U.S. Clean Water Act for hydrologists	23
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Short to Long Streamflow Droughts: A Process‐Oriented Review	23
A Review on the Coupled Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Modeling for Watershed Floods	23
Wastewater surveillance could serve as a pandemic early warning system for COVID‐19 and beyond	22
Toward a contextualized research agenda: Governance challenges of the wastewater treatment policy in Mexico and the role of subnational governments	22
Delivering global water security: Embedding water justice as a response to increased irrigation efficiency	22
Beyond landscape experience: A systematic literature review on the concept of spatial quality in flood‐risk management	21
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Multi‐scalar interactions between mismanaged plastic waste and urban flooding in an era of climate change and rapid urbanization	20
Bridging the divide between inland water quantity and quality with satellite remote sensing: An interdisciplinary review	20
Causes and Mitigation of Flooding in the Brahmaputra River Basin: A Systematic Review	19
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Toward a common methodological framework for the sampling, extraction, and isotopic analysis of water in the Critical Zone to study vegetation water use	19
Water Reuse for Cape Town: Investing in Resilience to Avoid Another “Day Zero”	18
Women in limnology: From a historical perspective to a present‐day evaluation	18
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A Call for a Unified Database to Address Exposure Disparities in the United States	18
Hydrochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater and river water in the transboundary Silala River watershed	18
Review on model development techniques for dam break flood wave propagation	17
Land Use‐Land Cover and Hydrological Modeling: A Review	17
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An interdisciplinary overview of levee setback benefits: Supporting spatial planning and implementation of riverine nature‐based solutions	17
Are sponge cities the solution to China's growing urban flooding problems?	17
Water insecurity and gender‐based violence: A global review of the evidence	16
Natural Flood Risk Management in Tropical Southeast Asia: Prospects in the Biodiverse Archipelagic Nation of the Philippines	16
Uncertainties as a Guide for Global Water Model Advancement	16
Using water walks as a research method to gather data in water‐related social research	16
Exploring drought‐to‐flood interactions and dynamics: A global case review	16
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Progress toward resilient and sustainable water management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta	15
Ecosystem Services in Drying River Networks: A Meta‐Ecosystem Conceptual Model	15

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Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability of Soil and Groundwater Near Estuaries	14
Streambed migration frequency drives ecology and biogeochemistry across spatial scales	14
Critical review of household water treatment in Southeast Asian countries	14
Sustainability impacts of sediments on the estuary, ports, and fishing communities of Cartagena Bay, Colombian Caribbean	14
Anishinaabek responsibilities and relationships are demonstrated in N'bi (Water) Declarations	13
Advances in quantifying microbial contamination in potable water: Potential of fluorescence‐based sensor technology	13
Gender identities, water insecurity, and risk: Re‐theorizing the connections for a gender‐inclusive toolkit for water insecurity research	13
The Needs, Challenges, and Priorities for Advancing Global Flood Research	13
The Use of Bayesian Mixing Models for Root Water Uptake: A Critical Review	13
The geomorphological and ecological functioning of the Silala River	13
Recent advancements of landslide hydrology	13
Challenges and Opportunities for Integrating Intersectionality Into Social Vulnerability Assessment for Flood Risk Analysis	13
Identifying and Approaching Barriers to Environmental Flow Implementation Using Social–Ecological Systems Thinking	13
Remote Sensing for Monitoring Macroplastics in Rivers: A Review	12
Warding off freshwater salinization: Do current criteria measure up?	12
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Climate stress testing for water systems: Review and guide for applications	12
A Practitioner‐Informed Decision Tree for Selecting Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom Control and Mitigation Techniques	12
Proactive river corridor definition: Recommendations for a process‐based width optimization approach illustrated in the context of the coastal Pacific Northwest	12
Reframing Natural in Flood Management	12
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A review of video‐based rainfall measurement methods	11
Guiding Aquatic Reptile (Chelonian and Crocodylian) Conservation in the Face of Growing Light Pollution: Lessons From Experience	11
Linking emerging contaminants to production and consumption practices	11
Farmworkers, Water Insecurity, and Heat‐Related Illnesses: The Case of Migrant Labor in Arizona	11
Interacting effects of climate change and invasions by alien plant species on the morphodynamics of temperate rivers	11
Reimagining hydropower in the United States	10
Advances and gaps in the science and practice of impact‐based forecasting of droughts	10
Beyond engagement: Enhancing equity in collaborative water governance	10
A primer on stream temperature processes	10
Left High and Dry: Deep Soil Water Depletion and Ecohydrological Resilience on China's Loess Plateau	10
How resilient are waterways of the Asian Himalayas? Finding adaptive measures for future sustainability	10
Catchment concentration–discharge relationships across temporal scales: A review	9
Changes to water management and declining pastoral resilience in Marsabit County, northern Kenya: The example of Gabra wells	9
Review of water scarcity assessments: Highlights of Mexico's water situation	9
Disparate Groundwater Responses to Wildfire	9
A Review of Processes and Models for the Export of Microplastics From Terrestrial to Aquatic Systems	9
Introduction to the Silala River and its hydrology	9
Closing Data Gaps to Improve River Barrier Management in South and Southeast Asia	8
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Next‐Generation Stormwater Infrastructures: A Typology of Paradigms for Design and Operation	8
The role of rewilding in mitigating hydrological extremes: State of the evidence	8
Amphibitic stoneflies (Plecoptera) are integrators of ecosystem processes in alluvial aquifers of gravel‐bed river floodplains	8
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State‐of‐the‐art review of leak diagnostic experiments: Toward a smart water network	8
The effects of household water insecurity on child health and well‐being	8
Social practice theory and household water demand: A review of literature and research evidence	8
Understanding synergies and tradeoffs between forests, water, and climate change	7
Economic and Legal Pluralistic Approaches to Water Rights: Perspectives From Agricultural Drainage and Irrigation Systems in the United States and India	7
Making a vicious cycle virtuous: A research and policy agenda for advancing the water security of unregulated users in the Southwestern U.S.	7
Water throughout the green energy transition: Hydrosocial dimensions of coal, natural gas, and lithium	7
Reviving Europe's rivers: Seven challenges in the implementation of the Nature Restoration Law to restore free‐flowing rivers	7
Water Insecurity, Social Perspectives, and Health Impacts in Private Drinking Water Sources in Pennsylvania: Two Systematic Literature Reviews	7
Opportunities and challenges for precipitation forcing data in post‐wildfire hydrologic modeling applications	7
Hydrosocial Territories Research: An Overview	7
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Artificial DNA in hydrology	7
Transport of persistent organic pollutants: Another effect of microplastic pollution?	7
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Closing pit lakes as aquatic ecosystems: Risk, reality, and future uses	6
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Rewilding and the water cycle	6
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